caulfield12

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The Milwaukee Brewers have a total tax payroll of $153,579,922 for the 2026 season...good for 19th and $50 million more than these current White Sox. Not to mention the new Rays Angels and Rockies ownership groups will likely improve those franchises. Only the Guardians and Rays can survive/even thrive, in the Bottom 5 in terms of payroll. Not that spending big actually guarantees a WS winner....it increases odds dramatically.

Rockwell?

because their fans are just as arrogant and demanding without 26 WS titles on their ledger maybe it's Sweet Caroline or having Fenway lore jammed down our throats or ESPN circle jerks for them like Berman and Gammons

"Ishbia should leave the Rate alone for a while and focus on making the team and the neighborhood better. His priorities though are focused on his self-interests and expanding his personal wealth." Have you read Ayn Randy b4? To get to the 3 million attendance that JR so desperately desires, your "convenient experience" would be totally ruined. Also, for many years, the Dodgers and Angels had some of the most affordable tickets and best attendance...the Dodgers still do, in fact. All that despite the high cost of living in SoCal. And maybe it was partially a trade off for many fans who couldn't access their games on tv for a number of years due to a previous owner's runaway greed to pad his own pockets on the backs of a historic franchise through that crazy RSN deal. But you certainly don't have to run middle class fans and families off by making the sport completely unaffordable, like a trip to Disneyland, either.

That doesn't always work. Hrniak attempted to turn Sosa into a line drive XB hitter to take advantage of his speed. Even Meidroth's K totals are way up this year compared to 2024, but he has shown surprising pop as a result.

That's a very quick timeline...should he be able to handle it? Sure, defensively. Would rather play Meidroth Antonacci in middle infield for 3-4 months and take more time assessing his readiness with a wooden bat. Let's see him dominate Birmingham, at the very least.

What SHOULD he do then? A GoFundMe collection for stadium funds? JR already attempted begging in Springfield... Asking the Pope to do a special fundraiser? Over the last decade, the only owner who put winning first over everything else was Peter Seidler in SD...who was then criticized by the majority of his billionaire brethren for driving up FA prices and acting irresponsibly for a small market franchise.

To be fair, he also wanted to be encouraging after all the Sox previous struggles and with McKinven going over there from his staff…but he’s right more often than Counsell and Stearns.

https://jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/gambling-in-the-deadball-era/

Is sarcasm being too negative? That seems to be making a mockery of the future AL Executive of the Year...

Doyle and Brazoban are "good" now?

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/after-big-tens-3-year-title-reign-the-sec-is-poised-to-take-back-college-football-211224362.html

https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/sports/taylor-mcgregor-announces-shes-leaving-cubs-for-full-time-espn-role-in-emotional-booth-moment/

https://www.ballparksavvy.com/baseballs-19-greatest-underdog-stories/ 1914 In last place on July 4th, the Boston Braves made an astonishing 68-19 run to win the pennant and sweep the Athletics in the World Series. “The greatest comeback in baseball history,” proclaimed Baseball Magazine, showcasing the power of persistence.

2025-26 White Sox (60-102 to TBD) 2023-24 Royals (56-106 to 86-76) 2022-23 Reds (62-100 to 82-80) 2021-22 Orioles (52-110 to 83-79) 2016-17 Twins (59-103 to 85-77) 2008-09 Mariners (61-101 to 85-77) 1988-89 Orioles (54-107 to 87-75) 1985-86 Giants (62-100 to 83-79) 1985-86 Cleveland (60-102 to 84-78) 1979-80 Athletics (54-108 to 83-79) 1973-74 Rangers (57-105 to 84-76-1) 1966-67 Cubs (59-103 to 87-74-1) 1962-63 Cubs (59-103 to 82-80) 1961-62 Phillies (47-107 to 81-80) The highest win total among these teams belongs to the 1967 Cubs and 1989 Orioles, who each won 87 games after losing 100-plus the prior season. The largest year-over-year increase in wins belongs to the 1962 Phillies, who went from 47 wins the previous season to 81 the next, representing an increase of 34 wins. espn.com

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/mlb 12th for winning WS odds at the moment LAD over 30% most incredible is the Guardians' rank at 4th overall at 8%...based on easier path to Rays or Yankees ALCS and Braves' 9th for having to get out of the WC round against Philly or the Cubs 2024 Royals were 6% preseason based largely on FA spending and Witt Jr. 56-106 to 86-76

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-famous-celebrity-fans MJ's highly doubtful Bo Jackson still the greatest athlete of all-time IMO before the injuries would be nice to see some of the old Bulls BlackHawks Bears George Lucas/Mellody Hobson Oprah maybe...

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-clinch-2026-postseason-berth

DBacks eliminated Ohtani looks like he's back close to 100% https://www.mlb.com/press-release/los-angeles-dodgers-announce-godzilla-minus-zero-night-for-thursday-september-24 Godzilla defeated...at least for one night

Austin Hayes 8 for last 13 Over .300 with SDP .277 .700

Who the hell is Lucas Spence? Will A’s really just give up four in a row to Houston, too?

Wait…does that apply to the great private equity debate, too? Baseball is one thing, but bridging that gap…seems a bridge too far.

Only surprise is winning one... would have had to win out and lose out for White Sox to catch them once you start trying to avoid going to Yankee Stadium, you've pretty much already lost the semuch psychologically

still think if Sox could get hot against Rangers (hopefully), they could then get on a roll with CLE sitting and make it to ALCS they scored like 7 off deGrom last time...albeit a bit flukey that at least seems possible